I am contacting Bayer! Dog is a small terrier x She is taking epihen which seemed to help. Carolyn’s comment was just left a month and a half ago so hopefully she will see your comment and it will help her out. The difference is Advocate is the most broad spectrum. Five months ago the seizures stopped. They seem a little too quick for profit to do the appropriate testing and disclosure. thanks in advance for any reply, Sorry to hear about your friend’s dog. Your puppy can live, but it is going to be a very hard road, and it might take a very long time. I & my family have had chihuahuas all our lives for the last 40+ years. Never again. The exact same thing happened to my dog, Speckles. 382, No. Now, she can walk again, but has not regained full control of her bladder or bowels. My French bulldog has exactly same reaction pdsa vets kept selling more saying advocate ok. Hiya !! I wish I had read this blog before I gave it to him. I gave him advocate three days ago (I hadn’t done since last summer) and he had another seizure last night! Our client is suffering due to the side effects of the vaccine. Find the best internal medicine vet specialist in your area and go there ASAP. e60, 2020). I’m glad that you decided to wash the Advocate off Maggie. So I would definitely suggest talking to your vet or contacting the manufacturer to see what they say about it. Please spread the word to other herding dog owners to have a long talk about ivermectin and their dogs. This morning I gave him his monthly Advocate and later found him hiding behind the sofa trembling all over. Any ideas anyone. Took to vet this afternoon, they said could be neurological?? Also, roundworms and hookworms which humans can catch if not prevented in dogs. She has had a few more since then and had two in July this year. He has also been sick so took him to vet who gave him anti-sick injection. He has these episodes once a month roughly. Me and my husband were absolutely devastated. My dog had the second application of Advocate. She said if she does not recover she will do a scan (£2500). In a review of case reports from 901 COVID-19 patients, Mark Ellul, at the University of Liverpool, and colleagues reported a range of neurological manifestations, including loss of smell and taste, confusion, encephalitis (inflammation in the brain), and Guillain-Barré syndrome (a disorder in which the immune system attacks the body’s nerves) (The Lancet Neurology, published online, 2020). However, as many have commented here, make sure you are okay with using this product on your dog because there have been some bad reactions to using this product. However after reading about this product it says it uses imidacloprid and moxidectin as the active ingredients. Hi Daisy, So brutal. We have a Staffy who also reacts to Advocate. Who became ill after applying advocate he went down hill quick no response layed on his bed he’s eye swelled up looked really ill at 9 months old he was not our bouncy little chap that was running every where and happy My four year old border collie lilly started having seizures last November. It sounds like he may have had a reaction to it. No side effects for 4 months. We thought he kept dislocating his legs when he was having a seizure. My dog also had a very bad reaction to Advocate. It just depends on each individual dog and their unique situation. The vet put him on cortisone but it gave him the runs so I took him off the meds. reoccur especially in an older dog I give my staffy advocate on a care plan from my vets from 8 week old to her being 8 yrs when I gave it to her I never questioned it due to it being prescribed for her but once I administered it to her she would go crazy trying to rub it off and absolutely rubbing her back on anything she came into contact she must have been allergic to it I wish I had mentioned it to the vet sadly I lost her last week with spleen cancer I’m not saying it was that what caused her to die but I will never use it again on any animal. I put her down. Hope this helps. I have since washed my beautiful boy and will no longer be using this product. Good luck everyone! Thanks. we rescued a.dog aND he was.given an advocate. My chiweenie was given Advantage II and exhibited signs right away. Our vet of many years prescribed Advocate which we used for best part of year with no adverse effects. 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